Slobozia (), also known as Slobodzeya (; ), is a city in the

Republic of Moldova A republic () is a " state in which power rests with the people or their representatives; specifically a state without a monarchy" and also a "government, or system of government, of such a state." Previously, especially in the 17th and 18th ...

under the ''

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'' control of the unrecognized Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic. It is the seat of the

Slobozia District Slobozia District ( ro, Raionul Slobozia; russian: Слободзейский район; uk, Слободзейський район) is a district of Transnistria. It is the southernmost district of Transnistria, located mostly south of Tirasp ...

Transnistria Transnistria, officially the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR), is an unrecognised breakaway state that is internationally recognised as a part of Moldova. Transnistria controls most of the narrow strip of land between the Dniester riv ...

. Slobozia is located in the southern part of Transnistria, south of

Tiraspol Tiraspol or Tirișpolea ( ro, Tiraspol, Moldovan Cyrillic: Тираспол, ; russian: Тира́споль, ; uk, Тирасполь, Tyraspol') is the capital of Transnistria (''de facto''), a breakaway state of Moldova, where it is the th ...

. It had a population of 18,748 at the census in 1989, and 16,062 at the census in 2004. The population of the city is mostly made up of ethnic Moldavians (46%) and

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(41%), while

Ukrainians Ukrainians ( uk, Українці, Ukraintsi, ) are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine. They are the seventh-largest nation in Europe. The native language of the Ukrainians is Ukrainian. The majority of Ukrainians are Eastern Ort ...

are an important minority (11%). The name of the city comes from the Romanian "slobozie", meaning "a tax-free colony (village)".

Climate

Slobozia has a

humid continental climate A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and freezing ...

(

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: ''Dfb'' bordering on ''Dfa'').

Notable people

Petru Bogatu Petru Bogatu (12 July 1951 – 22 March 2020) was a journalist, essayist, political analyst and writer from the Republic of Moldova, unionist and pro-occidental orientation, editorialist at the ''National Newspaper'', professor at the State Uni ...

(born 1951 in Slobozia) is a Moldovan journalist and author *

Vasili Tishchenko Vasiliy Vasilievich Tishenko (born August 1, 1949) is the mayor of Slobodzya and the head of the Slobodzya district administration in southern Transnistria Transnistria, officially the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR), is an unrec ...

, mayor *

Vladimir Ţurcan Vladimir may refer to: Names * Vladimir (name) for the Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Macedonian, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak and Slovenian spellings of a Slavic name * Uladzimir for the Belarusian version of the name * Volodymyr for the Ukr ...

(born 1954 in Slobozia) is a Moldovan politician and member of the

Parliament of Moldova The Parliament of the Republic of Moldova is the supreme representative body of the Republic of Moldova, the only state legislative authority, being a unicameral structure composed of 101 elected MPs on lists, for a period of 4 years. Parliamen ...

since 2009.

References

External links

Słobodzieja
(Slobozia) in the

Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland The Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and other Slavic Countries ( pl, Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich) is a monumental Polish gazetteer, published 1880–1902 in Warsaw Warsaw ( p ...

(1889) Cities and towns in Transnistria Cities and towns in Moldova Populated places on the Dniester Tiraspolsky Uyezd Slobozia District {{transnistria-stub